James Berghuis, 38, formerly of Sacramento, California, now residing in Laguna Niguel, California, has been indicted on nine counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The indictment was unsealed as a result of Berghuis's arrest.
The indictment alleges that Berghuis operated Berghuis National Lending Inc., a Sacramento mortgage and lending company. ...
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Written by admin on September 8th, 2010
Written by admin on September 8th, 2010
Ronald J. O'Malley, 47, Upper Saddle River, N.J., the former Chairman and a Commissioner of the Bergen County Improvement Authority ("BCIA") and a principal in a Ridgewood, N.J. mortgage brokerage firm, was indicted along with a loan officer and vice president of the firm for perpetrating an alleged mortgage fraud ...
Written by admin on September 3rd, 2010
Doninador Palalay a.k.a. Dominador Palalay, Marie Tejada Medina and Benjamin Aquino Moraleda III were indicted for allegedly operating a foreclosure rescue scam in Las Vegas, Nevada, during 2008 and 2009. The defendants allegedly operated the foreclosure rescue scam under the business name of PDM Financial Group, Inc.
The indictment alleges that PDM Financial ...
Written by admin on August 23rd, 2010
John Stewart Morrison IV, 55, Columbia, Maryland has been indicted on two counts of mail fraud as well as Clifford Michael Seibert, 57, Berlin, Maryland; and Seibert's company, Modular Homes Wholesaler, Inc. was indicted on two counts of wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. Each indictment also seeks the forfeiture ...
Written by admin on August 20th, 2010
Two indictments of 13 Oahu residents and one from the state of Washington on mortgage fraud related charges were unsealed with the arrests of 10 of the 14 defendants. A federal grand jury had returned the indictments on August 11, 2010, but they had remained sealed. One indictment charged 10 defendants in ...
Written by admin on August 16th, 2010
Myra Denise Robinson, 43, an Alabama resident, has been indicted on one count of mail fraud and one count of making false statements on a mortgage application to a financial institution.
According to the indictment, the fraud was conducted as follows: In July 2007, Robinson applied for a mortgage loan to purchase ...
Written by admin on August 4th, 2010
Winnie Joanne Barefoot, 55, Annapolis, Maryland, a/k/a Winnie Jo Budzina, a/k/a Winnie JoAnne Conn, a/k/a Joanne Knopsnyder, a/k/a Olivia JoAnne Morgan, a/k/a Olivia JoAnne Barefoot Morgan, was indicted by a federal grand jury for bank, wire and mail fraud; social security fraud; and making false statements to the Social Security Administration. ...
Written by admin on July 29th, 2010
Steven J. Kottage, 44, and Genaro R. Hathaway, 46, both of Weston, Connecticut, and Mary Ellen Durso, 53, Milford, Connecticut, were charged in an 11-count indictment with conspiracy and other offenses stemming from the defendants alleged involvement in mortgage fraud.
The indictment alleges that Kottage and Hathaway, who are married, conspired to commit ...
Written by admin on July 23rd, 2010
Shamika M. Coleman, 33, Swansea, Illinois, was indicted for making a false statement on a loan or credit application, making a false statement during a renewal application for federal food stamp benefits, and making a false statement during a renewal for federal housing benefits.
The indictment alleges that Shamika M. Coleman under reported ...
Written by admin on July 23rd, 2010
Shamika M. Coleman, 33, Swansea, Illinois, was indicted for making a false statement on a loan or credit application, making a false statement during a renewal application for federal food stamp benefits, and making a false statement during a renewal for federal housing benefits.
The indictment alleges that Shamika M. Coleman under reported ...
Written by admin on July 23rd, 2010
Kenneth Steward, 44, South Holland, Illinois, was arrested on federal charges alleging that he and six co-defendants participated in a million mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 120 residential properties located primarily on the city's south side. Steward who bought and sold homes and recruited others to act as residential ...
Written by admin on July 16th, 2010
Marisol Perez, 48, Las Vegas, Nevada, was indicted on charges of four felony counts of theft in connection with the operation of We Save Your Home, LLC, a foreclosure rescue business located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Indictment alleges that between July 2008 and May 2009, Perez misled customers into believing ...
Written by admin on July 16th, 2010
Robert Brooks, 43, his wife, Cheryl Brooks, 41, Lantana, Texas, along with 20 other individuals, have been charged with conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud in a series of "property flip" schemes:Richard Howard, McKinney, Texas, attorney and principal in Progressive Title & Abstract - a real estate title company Robert Brooks controlled;
George Autobee, straw ...
Written by admin on July 16th, 2010
Richard Sand, 58, White Bear Township, Minnesota; Donald W. Krause, 49, Plymouth, Minnesota; and Brenda Epperly, 58, Oak Grove, Minnesota, have been indicted in federal court in Minneapolis for allegedly obtaining approximately .5 million in bank loans by submitting fraudulent applications and closing documents. The defendants are with three counts of mortgage fraud through ...
Written by admin on June 23rd, 2010
A federal indictment in the Western District of North Carolina has charged ten individuals with various criminal counts including mortgage fraud conspiracy and bank bribery conspiracy has been unsealed upon the arrests of most of the defendants.
Drew Sharreff-El, A/K/A "Mack Ahizi", 46, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been charged with one count alleging mortgage ...
Written by admin on June 22nd, 2010
Christopher B. Maselli, 38, North Providence, Rhode Island, a real estate attorney, has been indicted on charges he falsified bank and federal tax documents, and lied about his income and assets, in obtaining more than 1.5 million dollars in mortgages.
According to the indictment, between December 2007 and March 2009, Maselli, a self-employed ...
Written by admin on June 22nd, 2010
Ericvan Anthony McDavid, 35, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota; Larry Africanus Hutchinson, 39, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Jerone Ian Mitchell, 34, Minneapolis, Minnesota, were charged via federal indictment for an alleged mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in a million loss for lenders. The defendants are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and eight ...
Written by admin on June 21st, 2010
Jesse Steven Moxness, Thanh Van Ngo, Dang Hai Nguyen, Vince Long Nguyen, and Trung Quang Tran were charged on June 16, 2010, with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and eight counts of mortgage fraud through use of interstate wire.
The indictment sets forth a pattern of behavior routinely ...
